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The Jews of Egypt : from Rameses II to Emperor Hadrian

"This is the story of the adventures and misadventures of the Jewish people in the land of Egypt - shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile; the apogee of Jewish culture under the Ptolemies; and the Jewish community's rapid decline and catastrophic disappearance under Roman rule."

Biblical Egypt --
The stronghold of Elephantine --
Alexandrian Judaism and its problems --
A new diaspora --
A law for the Jews of Egypt --
A Jewish temple in Ptolemaic Egypt --
At the wellsprings of pagan anti-Semitism --
The "Jewish question" in Alexandria --
The time of misfortunes --
The remembrance.

Other Titles:

Juifs d'Égypte.

Responsibility:

Joseph Mélèze Modrzejewski ; translated by Robert Cornman ; with a foreword by Shaye J.D. Cohen.

Abstract:

Presents the story of the adventures and misadventures of the people of Israel in the land of Egypt the years shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile. This title probes a turning point in Western civilization.Read more...

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Editorial reviews

Publisher Synopsis

"Urbane, intelligent, and well-researched ... more than ample for a well-rounded view of Jewish history in ancient Egypt."--Library Journal